Cananea Strike Against Tycoon Germán Larrea Ends After 18 Years on the Picket Line
Severance pay, social security, and pensions for unemployment and widowhood are guaranteed for the miners in Sonora.
Labor
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Christmas Without a Bonus for 13.7 Million Workers
Mexico’s Scrooge-like employers evade their legal obligation because most employees are informal workers.
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A Bosses’ Trap?
Mexico’s much-touted 40 hour workweek reform does not bring about a real reduction in the working day; on the contrary, it will become a more effective tool of exploitation and is an initiative designed for the benefit of employers and against the dignity of workers.
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The Needed Debate on Mexico’s Informal Economy
Millions of people in Mexico work outside the legal framework and without social protection, in activities that don’t appear in formal statistics yet sustain much of the country.
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A New “40 Hour” Workweek… With Six Days?
Mexico has an opportunity to reimagine working hours & well-being: instead, President Sheinbaum’s proposal offers a symbolic reduction that leaves intact a 6 day work week & opens the door to 12 hour days.
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A French Precedent for Mexican Workers
La France Insoumise’s popular proposal to nationalize France’s largest steelmaker can inspire Mexican workers to force the government to make strategic decisions in support of the workers’ struggle.
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Bill Proposes Six More Vacation Days for Mexican Workers
This is the ninth initiative in the current legislature seeking to expand the list of holidays for workers in Mexico, one of the countries with the fewest mandatory days of rest.
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CNTE Will Strike, Protest in 2026 so President Sheinbaum Keeps Promise to Repeal Calderón’s ISSSTE Law
The teachers union will mobilize to ensure the Mexican President honours her 2024 campaign promise.
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Minimum Wage Dialogue Begins
While Mexico’s minimum wage has increased substantially in years, it has yet to reach the purchasing power it had in 1976.
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Domestic & Caregiving Work Exceeds Contribution to Mexico’s GDP of Manufacturing & Trade
INEGI estimated that the economic value of domestic and care work performed by the population aged 12 and over was approximately 8 trillion pesos.
